I found this interesting. TV Now is listing several
Dark Shadows cast members as appearing in an episode of Court TV's
The System entitled "Dark Shadows" airing on Halloween. I had assumed that this was simply an error or a coincidence.
Now that Court TV has updated their web site, you can see the full episode description, and this particular episode centers on the murder trial of Rod Ferrell in Florida in 1998. Ferrell allegedly led a vampire cult, and much was made of his interest in Dungeons & Dragons (which is a close second to heavy metal music as the root of all evil ;-) ) and a vampire role playing game. To the best of my knowledge, Ferrell was never pegged as a
Dark Shadows fan, but the episode title has me curious.
I've also developed an interest in this sort of thing because the university has just approved a course proposal I submitted for a specialized version of freshman composition dealing with fans and fandom.
Since I don't get Court TV, if anyone happens to watch this, I would love to know if there's anything
Dark Shadows about this other than the episode title.
Here's the link to the show on the Court TV site:
http://www.courttv.com/onair/shows/thesystem/a_f_episodes/dark_shadows.htmlThere's also a link for additional information on the right side of that page.